Foot accelerator



May 25 1926.

v. A, NOBLE FOOT ACCELERATOR Filed March 25, 1926 Patented May 25, 1926.

UNITED STATES VICTOR A. NOBLE, F LAURENS, IOWA.

FOOT ACCELERATOR.

Application led March 2'5, 1926.

The object of my invention is to provide a foot accelerator for motor vehicles or the like.

More particularly, it is my object to pro- 5 vide such an accelerator of very simple and inexpensive construction, which can be readily and easily mounted on a motor vehicle without in any way interfering with or changing the ordinary equipment thereof.

Another purpose is toprovide such a device including a foot pedal, means for actuating the ordinary throttle control lever mounted on the steering post, and suitable simple means for connecting the pedal vand said actuating means.

Vith these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my foot accelerator7 whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical, sectional view of the floor and dash of a motor vehicle having a steering post and a throttle lever, and equipped with a foot accelerator embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a detail, sectional view taken on the line 2--2 of Figure 1.

Figure 8 is a detail, sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1; and f Figure 4 is a detail, sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 2, the floor board and dash being shown in elevation.

In the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate the floor of a motor vehicle having the dash 11. Extending upwardly and rearwardly from the dash 11 is the ordinary steering post received in the steering post tube or casing 12.

At the upper end of the steering post is the steering wheel 13. Adjacent to the steering wheel is the throttle control lever 14 adapted to be swung on the supporting sector 15 for regulating the throttle valve of the carburetor.

It is my purpose to provide a foot accelerator whereby the throttle control lever may be actuated from the foot pedal by simple and inexpensive connecting means.

My improved throttle control comprises a pair of brackets 16 designed to be secured to the inclined portion 10a of the floor of the motor vehicle.l The brackets 16 have Serial No. 97,265.

the aligned bearings 17. In the bearings 17,

I mount a spindle 18. A suitable foot pedal 19 is mounted on the spindle 18 and is provided with a downwardly projecting arm (il) 20. Pivoted to the arm 2O is the rear end of a curved link 21, which extends forwardly and upwardly in the motor vehicle.

On the lower rear part of the dash 11 just above the inclined fioor portion 10a are 05 horizontally spaced bearing brackets 22 in which is mounted the rock shaft 23, having at its opposite ends the cranks 24 and 25.

The upper forward end of the link 21 is pivoted to the crank arm 24 of the rock 7@ shaft 23. Suitable bearing brackets 26 are mounted on the steering post tube or casing 12 and journaled in the brackets 26 is a rock shaft or rod 27 having at its lower end the crank arm 28. A link 29 has its ends 75 pivoted respectively to the arm 28 on the rock shaft 27 and the arm 25 on the rock shaft 23.

At the upper end of the rock shaft 28 is a crank arm 30 having formed at its outer S0 end a loop 31 loosely receiving the throttle control lever 14.

It should perhaps be mentioned that the foot pedal 19 has portions projecting both forwardly and rearwardly from the pivot pin or spindle 18, so that the pedal may be operated by the toe or heel of the shoe of the operator.

The parts are so constructed that in actual operation, the operator can push the forward or toe portion of the pedal 19 downwardly, thereby swinging the arm 2O of the pedal rearwardly and downwardly carrying with it the link 21 and the arm 24 and rocking the shaft 23. This rocking movement of 95 the shaft 23 swings the arm 22a and link 29 and arm 28 for rockingthe shaft 27, and thereby swinging the arm 30 for actuating the throttle control lever 14 for opening the 100 throttle.

The reverse movement of the throttle control lever may be accomplished by pressing downwardly on the heel portion of the foot pedal 19.

It will be observed that the throttle control lever may be used as a hand control in the ordinary way, because the parts are all freely moving and the hand actuation of the throttle control lever will readily actuate the foot pedal.

It will be seen that I have provided a very simple and inexpensive foot accelerator,

which is mounted entirely within the body ol the car and does not require cutting through the daeh or mounting any separate parte` on the engine or in any Way intert'ering` with the ordinary equipment.

Some changes may be made in the details ot' the construction and arrangement orf the parts of my improved foot accelerator Without departing from the real Spirit and purpose ot my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims, any modified iorms or structure or use ot mechanical equivalents, which may be reasonably included Within the scope of my invention and my claims.

l claim as my invention:

l. ln a toot accelerator, a shaft adapted to be rotatably mounted on the steering post using ot a motor vehicle having` at its upper end a crank arm adapted to be Slidably mounted on a throttle control lever and having at its other end a crank arm, a pair of brackets, a rock shaft mounted therein having, crank arms at its ends, a link pivoted to the lower crank arm on Said first shaft, and to one of the crank arms on the rock Shaft, a toot pedal, and means tor pivotally mounting said toot pedal between its ends above the licor ot' a motor vehicle, an arm on said 'foot pedal, and a link pivoted to said arm and to the other crank on said rock shaft.

L. ln a device of the class described, the combination ot' a motor vehicle Structure including3 a licor, a dash, steering post, and a throttle control rod on Said post, with a pair ot epaced brackets mounted on Said i'oot board7 a pin journaled in said brackets, a foot pedal supported between its ends on tard pin and having a downwardly projecting arm, a rock shaft journaled on said dash having cranks at its ende, a link connecting one ot said cranks and said arm, and means for actuating said throttle control lever from the other ol' said cranks.

VICTOR A. NOBLE. 

